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Taiwanese liner first to visit Iran after sanctions lifted
The Director General of Hormozgan Ports and Maritime announced the arrival of the first foreign liner at one of the country’s ports since the…
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Parliament investigates health impact of interference waves
Iran’s Environment Commission is to probe the effect of interference waves on public health. The Iranian government uses interference waves to censor satellite programs,…
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Tehran official says gender-based hiring rules nothing new
Tehran’s Deputy Mayor says a regulation passed by the Ministry of the Interior three years ago establishes that men cannot have female secretaries and…
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Tehran official suggests restoring old mosques with budget for new ones
The head of Tehran City Council says the money budgeted for building new mosques in the capital should be used to restore the city's…
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Forest fires in Iran up by 40 percent
The head of Iran's Forest Protection Unit says the incidence of forest fires rose by an unprecedented 40 percent in the past year due…
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Nuclear watchdog seeks more money to monitor Iran
The International Atomic Energy Agency has called for a million-euro increase to its budget for supervising Iran’s nuclear activities. The IAEA maintains that the…
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Hundreds of dervishes sign up for support campaign
Three days after a campaign was established to support Gonabadi Dervishes, 600 dervishes from across the country have reportedly registered their names to take…
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Ministry of Health Concerned over Sale of Iranian Kidneys
Iran’s Charity Association for the Support of Kidney Patients (CASKP) says the Ministry of Health has to establish protocols to prevent the sale of…
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Security forces shut down poet’s commemoration
The fourteenth commemoration ceremony for the passing of Iranian poet Ahmad Shamloo was interrupted by Islamic Republic security forces. HRANA reports that the ceremony…
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Washington Post reporter arrested with others
The Washington Post reports that Jason Rezaian, the news agency’s representative in Tehran, has been arrested in Tehran along with his wife, Yeganeh Salehi,…
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Boeing deal with Iran ends 35-year impasse
The U.S. aviation company Boeing has announced a new agreement to provide airplane parts for Islamic Republic airlines, the first such agreement in 35…
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Jannati chosen again to oversee Guardian Council
Ahmad Jannati Iranian hardline cleric Ahmad Jannati was re-elected as head of the Guardian Council, the body overlooking constitutional and election matters in the…